Chapter 35 Coaxing Zhou Cang (1/2)
Chapter 35 – Coaxing Zhou Cang
Tong returned home with Zhou Cang on horses. He called Hua Shi to treat Zhou Cang's wound.
To his dismay, he found out that Hua Shi's wrist and shoulder had been dislocated and couldn't perform surgery to treat Zhou Cang's wound.
Her right arm was hung in arm sling, and her wrist and shoulder was wrapped up in bandages.
In the end, Tong had to perform the surgery himself with Hua Shi assisting him. She pointed out where to cut, what to do and when to stitch the wound.
Tong learned a lot by having her coaching him. She was once a nurse in her previous life after all.
In modern era, it was common knowledge among the hospital residents that senior nurses had more practical knowledge than doctors when it came to treating the patients. They spent all their times in their entire career with patients and treatment procedures, while doctors was always busy multi-tasking in various duties.
In short, Nurses ran hospitals.
This was the reason why Tong valued Hua Shi highly, despite her having a disgusting hobby. Tong didn't want to let her go or made her an enemy.
Tong finished stitching Zhou Cang's thigh and bandaging him. Hua Shi used her handkerchief to wipe Tong's sweat like a good wife, causing Tong to have a complicated face when he looked at her.
However, after wiping Tong's sweat, Hua Shi took the handkerchief back to her room and started sucking and licking her handkerchief like a perverted old man. She couldn't reveal her hobby in front of a stranger so she had to do it behind the scene.
For the entire surgery treatment, Zhou Cang stared at Tong in a daze. He couldn't believe his eyes that the rumor Immortal saved his life and treated his wound. Everything seemed surreal.
”Alright, it's done. Try not to exert your strength on the leg. The anesthetic is still in effect but it will wear off in an hour. The pills on the table are called 'Pain Killer'. Swallow one of these with clean water when you feel pain in your leg. But don't eat all of them at once or you will have a heart attack.”
Tong gave a series of advice to Zhou Cang which awoke him from the daze. Though he didn't pay attention to it but he could remember the latter part where he shouldn't eat all of the pills at once.
”What's your name?”
Though Tong already knew his name from the HUD radar map, he still asked Zhou Cang.
”I-I'm Zhou Cang.”
”Have you eaten? I haven't had my dinner yet. Want some?”
”Umm. Thank you.”
Tong had his servants brought them food so they could take it in the current room. Tong wanted to build a good atmosphere so he could coax Zhou Cang, step by step.
Tong created a relaxing atmosphere to make Zhou Cang let his guard down so it would become easier when Tong asked him questions. When someone was asked questions when his guard was down, the person would be prone to slip out something he didn't mean to say.
The food were brought in and Tong allowed Zhou Cang to finish the food first. After they were done with the food, he continued his questioning.
”How old are you?
”Seventeen this year, my lord.”
”Where are you from?”
”Umm, I'm a wanderer. I don't have a home.”
”What about your parents?”
”They died years ago, I live alone.”
”I'm sorry to hear that. Then why were you fighting that boy?”
”W-We had a fight earlier in the town today, s-so I wanted a revenge.”
Tong squinted his eyes. Tong sensed that Zhou Cang was lying when he asked the latter question. Tong had taken classes in police military school about psychological questioning and interrogation before. He had his way to detect lies and signs when he asked someone questions.
This teenage boy wanderer should have caused some kind of trouble and lost the fight. Then he found Sima Xin and tried to get his revenge, but ended up getting a bullet in his leg instead.
But it didn't matter. Tong didn't care about Zhou Cang's past because he already knew Zhou Cang's true potential.
Tong wanted to rope him in so he could train him into a proper general, making him surpassing the history Zhou Cang who followed Guan Yu around.
”Do you have a job?”
”Err, no.”
Zhou Cang face turned red. He was embarrassed that he was just jobless and homeless. When he saw Sima Xin flaunted his gold purse, he was tempted and wanted to rob him. But he ran away instead.
”Then, will you be interested in working for me?”
”Huh?”
”I'm looking for a bodyguard and a good captain for my men. You see? My father and my uncles have followers of their own. But I still don't have one.”
”Umm.”
”Then you fit in for the job. You have good physics. You are good at close combat and good reflex.”
”Ah … haha.”